[BCNnet] L. Calumet Vision Committee article from Sun-Times

Wed, 6 Nov 2002 20:16:30 EST

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Dear BCNnet,

Alan Anderson forwarded me this great article about GREAT news for the Lake 
Calumet area, so I am sharing it with you. Enjoy!

Walter Marcisz, Chicago, Cook Co.
WJMarcisz@aol.com

> 
> http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-cal05.html
> 
> Lake Calumet land buy pushed
> Tuesday, November 5, 2002
> BY ABDON M. PALLASCH STAFF REPORTER
> 
> 
> 
> South Side environmentalists held a news conference Monday to spotlight
> their request that the Cook County Forest Preserve start acquiring land
> around Lake Calumet.
> Though abused by industry for more than a century, the lake has come back
> and now serves as a natural habitat for birds and other wildlife.
> Members of the Lake Calumet Vision Committee would like to see the lake, now
> almost entirely circled by barbed wire, opened up to canoeists, wind-surfers
> and bird-watchers, with bike trails, jogging paths and picnic areas around
> it.
> "Go in there on a canoe," urged committee co-chairman Victor Crivello.
> Visitors are always surprised to see how much nature is alive and well in
> the lake and around it, he said.
> Cook County Board Commissioner Mike Quigley (D-Chicago) has lobbied his
> fellow commissioners and Forest Preserve administrators to explore acquiring
> the land around Lake Calumet. Only 5 percent of the Forest Preserve's
> holdings are in the city, he said, scoffing at suggestions that the Forest
> Preserve should not have to shoulder the costs of cleaning up the land from
> garbage dumping and other contaminants.
> "There isn't a significant parcel in the city of Chicago that doesn't need
> cleanup," Quigley said.
> The committee, composed of representatives of various environmental groups,
> doesn't have any projected costs for the Forest Preserve for acquiring the
> land.
> About a third of the land is owned by other governmental entities. As for
> the privately owned parcels, Quigley suggested a referendum similar to those
> in other counties, asking taxpayers if they favor buying the land.
> 
> 

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<HTML>Dear BCNnet,
 
 Alan Anderson forwarded me this great article about GREAT news for the Lake Calumet area, so I am sharing it with you. Enjoy!
 
 Walter Marcisz, Chicago, Cook Co.
 WJMarcisz@aol.com
 
 
 
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 Lake Calumet land buy pushed
 Tuesday, November 5, 2002
 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH STAFF REPORTER
 
 
 
 South Side environmentalists held a news conference Monday to spotlight
 their request that the Cook County Forest Preserve start acquiring land
 around Lake Calumet.
 Though abused by industry for more than a century, the lake has come back
 and now serves as a natural habitat for birds and other wildlife.
 Members of the Lake Calumet Vision Committee would like to see the lake, now
 almost entirely circled by barbed wire, opened up to canoeists, wind-surfers
 and bird-watchers, with bike trails, jogging paths and picnic areas around
 it.
 "Go in there on a canoe," urged committee co-chairman Victor Crivello.
 Visitors are always surprised to see how much nature is alive and well in
 the lake and around it, he said.
 Cook County Board Commissioner Mike Quigley (D-Chicago) has lobbied his
 fellow commissioners and Forest Preserve administrators to explore acquiring
 the land around Lake Calumet. Only 5 percent of the Forest Preserve's
 holdings are in the city, he said, scoffing at suggestions that the Forest
 Preserve should not have to shoulder the costs of cleaning up the land from
 garbage dumping and other contaminants.
 "There isn't a significant parcel in the city of Chicago that doesn't need
 cleanup," Quigley said.
 The committee, composed of representatives of various environmental groups,
 doesn't have any projected costs for the Forest Preserve for acquiring the
 land.
 About a third of the land is owned by other governmental entities. As for
 the privately owned parcels, Quigley suggested a referendum similar to those
 in other counties, asking taxpayers if they favor buying the land.
 
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